guidelines

Definitions

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n. a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a situation.

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At the heart of our guidelines is a simple idea that also informs the community standards governing user participation: interaction enriches stories, and staff as well as users have a part to play in ensuring the quality of engagement matches that of our journalism.

By the way, I happen to be a Moderator on a fairly loose recently formed Mexico Forum and one of our rules/guidelines is that posts must be "personal experience" and not from hearsay or I have been told sources.

Though transgender men and women are not believed to make up more than a fraction of a percent of the federal work force, their inclusion in the discrimination guidelines is seen as a breakthrough by transgender and gay rights advocates.